But just six days later families’ concerns over the closure prompted Cllr Ross to backtrack saying they were “exploring ways to keep sections of the play area open”.

At the meeting Cllr Tom McCann mocked the council’s recent announcement the area was to close “as it is not able to cope with children playing on its grass” and called for any future facilities to “actually be done properly.”

Cllr Ross said: “The play area has been a great success and we want it back in the splendid condition it was on opening.

“We will not close it for six months and plan to make it more robust and able better to withstand the usage of its dedicated users.”

After the meeting he added: “We will be working on how to best to bring the area back as it’s been a victim of its own success.

“Work will be starting in the next couple of weeks and we won’t need to shut the whole area, though we will look at fencing some of it off.

“Our decision comes in part following the public’s reaction to close it and we are definitely interested in how people find it. We just needed to decide whether we could keep part of it open safely.”

The £500,000 nature play space with zipwires and troll holes has been a huge hit since it opened in May.

But due to its popularity, it is showing signs of wear and tear and patches of grass need re-seeding.